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Benjamin Chevillon and Bulls center Joakim Noah hung out late Monday in a United Center hallway, smiling and laughing as they talked in their native French. Meeting for the first time, Noah asked Chevillon to describe his game. "I'm a basketball player," he said. Chevillon didn't use the word wheelchair. Last fall, Chevillon left his home country and his business to fulfill a lifelong dream and play one season for the Chicago Wheelchair Bulls. The journey has been filled with eye-opening moments and speed bumps, not unlike when Chevillon navigates the route from his downtown apartment to his health club for his twice-daily workouts.

* Injured knee ends Baker's tournament * Came back last year after seven years out (Adds injury, Querrey's next opponent) By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE, Jan 16 (Reuters) - American Brian Baker's hopes of a fairytale run at the Australian Open were ended in the cruellest of fashions on Wednesday when he was taken off court in a wheelchair after suffering a serious knee injury. The 27-year-old, who returned in 2012 after seven injury-plagued years off the professional circuit, had won the first set of his second round match against compatriot Sam Querrey when he suffered the injury.

Kenneth Conley's formal return to federal custody Saturday morning at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse was a far cry from the brazen way he left. Half of a daring escape duo who used bedsheets to climb down the facade of a downtown jail last month was pushed into a federal courtroom in a wheelchair, his legs extended and his feet swollen and bare. Shoulder bones pushed through his thin white T-shirt and one pinkie was in a splint. A short time later, Conley was ordered held without bail by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila Finnegan, who set his preliminary hearing for Jan. 17. Conley, appearing wan and thinner than in his booking photo, told Finnegan he understood the charges against him. A convicted bank robber, Conley was on the lam 18 days before his arrest Friday afternoon in Palos Hills after a maintenance employee at a residential building in the southwest suburb called 911 about a suspicious man. Police said Conley had attempted a disguise, wearing an overcoat and beret and using a cane he didn't need.

Dear Jackie, I recently hired movers who damaged several of my possessions. They told me my coffee table was broken in the move and that they were taking it to their shop for repair. It hasn't been returned to me. A vase was improperly wrapped and damaged beyond repair. I provided them with instructions for dismantling a desk, but they ignored the instructions and damaged it. I submitted a claim with photos of the damaged items. I have original receipts and value estimates. Do I have any recourse?

James J. Lilly, a former gang member left in a wheelchair by a shooting when he was just 15, became a motivational speaker to youth groups and schools. He would show young people the X-rays of the .357-caliber bullets lodged in his spine and chest to underscore his message. "He was scared at first speaking in front of big groups," said his wife of 18 years, Nora Cahue. "But he kept pushing forward. He told me it was like having an angel on his shoulder helping him get his message across.

It's common to hear about angels this time of year, but Richard Clark knows one personally. She helped him decades ago after a car accident that left him partially paralyzed, and now she has swept in again, delivering an early Christmas present - a motorized wheelchair that offers the 49-year-old former police officer a chance at a better life. Clark's angel is Ann Jackson, a physical therapist and, after all these years, a friend. The two met at the Rehabilitation Achievement Center in Hazel Crest shortly after Clark's accident in 1991 and formed a bond that would last throughout his rehabilitation and into his adjustment to life in a wheelchair.

A blaze ripped through a West Garfield Park home Sunday morning, killing a 75-year-old man who used a wheelchair, officials and relatives said. The fire erupted about 10:50 a.m. in a single-family home in the 4000 block of West Van Buren Street, officials said. The man, 75, identified by his son as Matthew Nelson, was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he later died, according to the Chicago Fire Department. No smoke detectors were found in the initial search of the building, authorities said.

By John Byrne and Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune reporters | October 12, 2012

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to balance next year's city budget in part by raising the number of cab medallions and wheelchair-accessible taxis on Chicago's streets is drawing criticism from drivers who say the system is unfair and advocates for the disabled who say it doesn't go far enough. City Budget Director Alexandra Holt told a Bloomberg News forum Thursday that the city expects to lease and auction a total of 50 to 100 cab medallions next year to raise $14 million. It's a small part of Emanuel's $6.5 billion spending proposal.